Sponsor
Grace Meng
Representative · D-NY
Representative · D-NY
The bill directs modest, targeted federal funding to community‑embedded organizations to prevent and respond to hate crimes and expand diversion options—improving culturally competent services and immediate safety for vulnerable communities—while creating modest federal cost, potential exclusion of some providers, and risks of uneven coverage or short‑term administrative gaps as statutory language is changed.
Racial/ethnic minorities, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and immigrant communities will receive targeted funding (~$30M/year FY2027–2031) for community-based prevention, victim support, and diversion programs.
Members of targeted communities will get multilingual education, bystander and de‑escalation training, and safety escort services that can improve immediate safety and community resilience.
Young people and others implicated in hate incidents may access expanded non‑carceral sentencing and juvenile diversion options, reducing reliance on incarceration for some offenders.
Targeted communities (racial/ethnic minorities, LGBTQ people, immigrants) risk uneven geographic coverage or service gaps if grant awards are uneven or administration by DOJ is inconsistent.
State, local, and nonprofit applicants may lose eligibility for certain funds or services due to the removal of a statutory paragraph, reducing support for some local initiatives.
Law enforcement agencies could receive less support if the deleted language previously authorized specific program priorities or allowable uses, potentially affecting public‑safety resources.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Establishes a DOJ grant program funding community-based, non-carceral hate crime prevention/response and authorizes $30M/year for FY2027–2031; deletes a paragraph from 34 U.S.C. §30503(b).
Official title: To authorize the Attorney General to establish a hate crime prevention grant, and for other purposes.
Introduced May 29, 2026 by Grace Meng · Last progress May 29, 2026
Creates a new Department of Justice grant program that funds community-based organizations to prevent and respond to hate crimes using non-carceral, community-centered strategies and victim supports, and authorizes $30 million per year for FY2027–2031, subject to appropriations. The bill also removes a paragraph from an existing federal grant statute (34 U.S.C. § 30503(b)), narrowing or changing the scope of that existing grant authority.